North Korea said Friday it had detained a US tourist for "hostile activities" after he reportedly left a bible at a hotel, bringing to three the number of Americans held by the reclusive regime including missionary Kenneth Bae. The official...

North Korea sentenced a South Korean missionary to hard labour for life after accusing him of espionage and setting up an underground church, state media said Saturday, the latest Christian preacher to run into trouble in the secretive state....

North Korea on Monday denounced South Korea's claim that Pyongyang sent a trio of spy drones across the border as a provocative "charade" organised by its "prostitute" president, Park Geun-Hye. South Korea's Defence Ministry said last week that...

The United States has condemned “ugly and disrespectful” racist comments directed at Barack Obama by North Korea’s official KCNA news agency comparing the US president to a black “monkey” in a zoo. North Korean...

South Korea's Defence Ministry said Thursday that it had "smoking gun" proof that three crashed drones recovered in recent months had all been flown from North Korea. Ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok said a joint investigation with US experts of...

New satellite imagery confirms continued activity at North Korea's main nuclear test site that is consistent with preparations for an atomic detonation, analysts said Wednesday. Images taken on Tuesday show particular activity near the entrances...

North Korea held a live-fire drill near its maritime border with South Korea on Tuesday, with Seoul vowing a "strong" response if any shells fall on its side of the disputed boundary. A similar exercise a month ago resulted in the two rivals...

The United States said Monday it will meet next week with allies South Korea and Japan to plan strategy on North Korea amid high tensions after the regime’s live-fire drills. The U.S. pointman on North Korea, Glyn Davies, will meet Monday...

The two Koreas traded live fire into the sea across their disputed maritime border on Monday, after Seoul said a North Korean military exercise dropped shells into South Korean waters. "Some of the shells fired by North Korea dropped in our area...

North Korea said Sunday it "will not rule out" a new nuclear test as it defended its recent mid-range missile launch which triggered widespread international condemnation. "(We) will not rule out a new form of a nuclear test aimed at...

South Korea flew the remains of 437 Chinese soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War back to China on Friday for final burial in their homeland. The small coffins, draped in the Chinese flag, were carried by Chinese soldiers and loaded on a...

North Korea test-fired 16 short-range rockets into the sea on Sunday, the South’s military said — the latest of dozens launched in recent weeks in apparent protest at joint drills between Seoul and Washington. The launches took place...

North Korea Sunday test-fired ten rockets into the sea, South Korea's defence ministry said, the latest in a series of launches that have provoked criticism from Seoul and Washington. The rockets were fired off the North's east coast and flew...

North Korea has threatened to demonstrate its nuclear deterrence in a move analysts say could indicate the regime is preparing to carry out a fourth atomic test amid long-stalled disarmament talks. The powerful National Defence Commission (NDC),...

Human rights groups have questioned the wisdom of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London taking a production of Hamlet to North Korea, but stopped short of calling for the plan to be scrapped. The Globe will perform the play in the secretive...